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Donald Young

ドナルド・ヤング　/　どなるど・やんぐ

American tennis player

July 23, 1989 (age 36)　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
tennis player

My Take

What grabs me about Donald Young is the long arc of his story. Crowned the world's No. 1 junior back in 2005 and once ranked as high as No. 38 on the ATP tour, he carried the weight of teenage hype for years. What I admire most isn't a single match but his second act: rather than clinging to a fading tennis identity, he reinvented himself as a professional pickleball player and kept competing. That willingness to start over in a new sport, ego set aside, tells me more about his character than any ranking ever could. I read him as a quietly stubborn lifer of an athlete.

Overview

Donald Oliver Young Jr. (born July 23, 1989) is an American professional pickleball player with the American PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball, and also a former professional tennis player. Young had a tennis career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 38, achieved on 27 February 2012, and doubles ranking of world No. 43, achieved on 14 August 2017. As a junior he was ranked No. 1 in the world in 2005.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Donald Young
Name (Japanese): ドナルド・ヤング
Reading: どなるど・やんぐ
Born: July 23, 1989 (age 36)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Snake
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 183 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: tennis player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0

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